Veteran Bollywood actor Leena Chandavarkar shared an interesting story about her late husband, legendary singer Kishore Kumar. He talks about some unique habits about the ‘Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahan’ singer who used to do things in his own special way.During Leena Chandavarkar’s appearance as a special guest on Indian Idol, she discussed some of Kishore Kumar’s habits and fun memories that not many people know about.After host Aditya Narayan shared about Kishore Kumar’s famous habit of arriving at the recording studios wearing one slipper and one lady’s sandal, the ‘Humjoli’ actress shared another lesser known habit.
Simple by Kishore Kumar leg behavior:
He said, “Woh paan sirf patta khaate the. Jo Calcutta ka paan ka patta hota hai na, ek patta khaate the. Matlab usmein andar choona nahi, tambaaku nahi, supari nahi, kuch bhi nahi. Gulkand bhi nahi. Kuch bhi nahi woh uske Khilaf the, bas woh sirf paan ka patta khaate the.” This means that Kishore Kumar just chewed a simple Calcutta paan leaf. He does not like to add lime, tobacco, betel nut, gulkand or any other ingredient.Leena Chandavarkar attended the show with her son Sumit for an episode dedicated to the music icon.
A legend of Indian music
Kishore Kumar is remembered as one of the greatest playback singers of Indian cinema who gave us many iconic songs including ‘Intaha Ho Gai Intezar Ki’, ‘Dil Kya Kare’, ‘Dilbar Mere,’ ‘Tere Bina Zindagi Se’, ‘Roop Tera Mastana’, ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani’, ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’ and ma Kein more. It is not wrong to mention that even today his songs entertain people for generations.In addition to playback singing, she has also acted in some memorable films like ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi’, ‘Half Ticket’, ‘Padosan’, ‘Jhumroo’ and ‘Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’.